space news update - january 23, 2012-
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Space News Update - January 23, 2012-. In the News Story 1: Huge Solar Eruption Sparks Strongest Radiation Storm in 7 Years Story 2: Cassini Sees the Two Faces of Titan's Dunes Story 3: Celestial Stunner: Venus to Cross Face of Sun This Year Departments The Night Sky - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Space News Update- January 23, 2012-
In the News
Story 1: Huge Solar Eruption Sparks Strongest Radiation Storm in 7 Years
Story 2:Cassini Sees the Two Faces of Titan's Dunes
Story 3: Celestial Stunner: Venus to Cross Face of Sun This Year
Departments
The Night SkyISS Sighting Opportunities
NASA-TV HighlightsSpace CalendarFood for Thought
Space Image of the Week
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Huge Solar Eruption Sparks Strongest Radiation Storm in 7
Years
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Cassini Sees the Two Faces of Titan's Dunes
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Celestial Stunner: Venus to Cross Face of Sun This Year
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The Night Sky
Monday, January 23 · By 9 p.m. the Big Dipper is already standing vertically on its handle, well up in the northeast — an early sign of the approach of spring. · Jupiter's Great Red Spot crosses the planet's central meridian around 7:54 p.m. EST.
· How well do you know the telescopic sights of Orion's Belt and Sword, really? Make new finds here with Sue French's Deep-Sky Wonders article and chart in the January Sky & Telescope, page 54. Tuesday, January 24 · In twilight, look far lower right of Venus for the thin crescent Moon, as shown above. Wednesday, January 25 · Venus and the waxing crescent Moon shine in the west-southwest in twilight about 8° apart, as shown above. Thursday, January 26 · The Moon shines over Venus in twilight, as shown above. Friday, January 27 · Now the Moon is higher above Venus. Once the stars come out, look a similar distance to the Moon's right for the bottom star of the Great Square of Pegasus. The Great Square is balancing on this corner.
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ISS Sighting Opportunities
SATELLITE LOCAL DURATIONMAX ELEV
APPROACH DEPARTURE
DATE/TIME (MIN) (DEG) (DEG-DIR) (DEG-DIR)
Sighting information for other cities can be found at NASA’s Satellite Sighting Information
For Denver:
ISS Tue Jan 24/06:34 AM 1 10 10 above N 10 above NNE
ISS Wed Jan 25/05:38 AM< 1 10 10 above N 10 above N
ISS Thu Jan 26/06:16 AM 2 11 10 above N 10 above NNE
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NASA-TV Highlights January 23, Monday8:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. - Zero Robotics ISS Finals 11 a.m. - ISS Update - JSC (Media Channels)
January 24, Tuesday2:40 p.m. - ISS Expedition 30 In-Flight Event with Commander Dan Burbank and the U.S. Coast Guard Academy - JSC (Public, HD and Media Channels)
January 25, Wednesday9:25 a.m. - ISS Expedition 30 In-Flight Event for ESA with European Industry representatives - JSC (Public, HD and Media Channels)5:45 p.m. - ISS Progress 46 Launch Coverage (Launch scheduled at 6:06 p.m. ET) - JSC(Public, HD and Media Channels)
January 26, Thursday9:25 a.m. - ISS Expedition 30 Educational In-Flight Event with the Wise County, VA Public Schools - JSC (Public, HD and Media Channels)
January 27, Friday6:30 p.m. - ISS Progress 46 Docking Coverage (docking scheduled at 7:08 p.m. ET) - JSC(Public, HD and Media Channels)
Watch NASA TV on the Net by going to NASA website.
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Space Calendar
· Jan 23 - Chinese New Year · Jan 23 - Comet P/2011 W1 (PANSTARRS) Perihelion (3.310 AU) · Jan 23 - Asteroid 2012 BS1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.008 AU) · Jan 23 - Asteroid 2012 AC3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.073 AU) · Jan 23 - Asteroid 1193 Africa Closest Approach To Earth (1.808 AU) · Jan 24 - Asteroid 2012 BY1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.005 AU) · Jan 24 - Asteroid 757 Portlandia Closest Approach To Earth (1.255 AU) · Jan 24 - Asteroid 3354 McNair Closest Approach To Earth (1.558 AU) · Jan 24 - Asteroid 4151 Alanhale Closest Approach To Earth (1.739 AU) · Jan 24 - Asteroid 12413 Johnnyweir CLosest Approach To Earth (1.844 AU) · Jan 24 - Asteroid 16035 Sasandford Closest Approach To Earth (2.053 AU) · Jan 24 - Asteroid 8721 AMOS Closest Approach To Earth (2.969 AU) · Jan 24 - Harold Babcock's 130th Birthday (1882) · Jan 25 - Progress M-14M Soyuz U Launch (International Space Station 46P) · Jan 25 - Asteroid 7341 (1991 VK) Near-Earth Flyby (0.065 AU) · Jan 25 - Asteroid 25924 Douglasadams Closest Approach To Earth (1.712 AU) · Jan 26 - Comet 255P/Levy Closest Approach To Earth (0.236 AU) · Jan 26 - Asteroid 5641 McCleese Closest Approach To Earth (0.876 AU) · Jan 26 - Asteroid 3693 Barringer Closest Approach To Earth (2.458 AU) · Jan 26 - 50th Anniversary (1962), Ranger 3 Launch (Moon Impact Mission) · Jan 27 - Comet C/2011 Q2 (McNaught) Closest Approach To Earth (2.271 AU) · Jan 27 - Asteroid 36800 Katarinawitt Closest Approach To Earth (1.533 AU) · Jan 27 - 45th Anniversary (1967), Apollo 1 Fire (Gus Grissom, Edward White & Roger Chaffee)
JPL Space Calendar
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Food for ThoughtT-rays technology could help develop Star
Trek-style hand-held medical scanners
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Space Image of the Week3 Generations of NASA’s Mars Rovers